Hat-pin-point protector.



J. H; BURNS. HAT PIN POINT PROTECTOR. AP PLIOATION FILED MAY 19, 1913.

1,093,765. Patented Apr. 21, 1914,

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JOHN HENRY BURNS, OF BELO IT, WISCONSIN.

HAT-PIN-POINT PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 19, 1913.

PatentedApr. 21, 1914. Serial No. 768,488.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN H. BURNS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Beloit, county of Rock, and State of WVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Pin- Point Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hat pin point protectors or guards and has for'its object the production of a device of this character which will be of durable and economical. construction and eflicient in use.

At the present time not infrequently are people injured through contact with the unguarded or unprotected end of a protruding hat pin point. Also, not infrequently are women annoyed by the loss of hat pins since up to the present time nothing has been provided, which is in general use, that will prevent the ready disengagement of a hat pin. from a hat in which the same is worn. It is the purpose of this invention then, to provide means for preventing the injury above referred to, and the loss of a hat pin as referred to.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

With these objects in view, the invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Figure l is a side elevation of a hat pin to which is applied a hat pin point protector embodying my invention, Fig. 2 is an enlarged central section of the device, the pin point being shown therein, Fig. 3 is a section taken on line w-w of Fig. 2, Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the interior member of the device, detached, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the lever included in the construction.

The preferred form of construction as illustrated in the drawing comprises a metallic plate 1 from which are punched ears 2 which are bent to form a channel as shown for the reception of the hat pin point 3. Formed integral with the plate 1 at one end thereof is a resilient engaging member l which is bent back upon the plate 1, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The free end of the member 4 is adapted normally to remain out of engagement with a pin point arranged in the channel of plate 1, said memher being pressed into operative position to frictionally engage the pin point by means of an angular lever 5 pivoted between the ears 2 or sides of the channel, such lever being provided with laterally projecting trunnions 6 for engagement with said ears. The end 7 of the lever 5 is adapted, upon rocking of said lever, to engage with the free end of member 4 and force the same into engagement with the pin point, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, the arrangement being such that, when said lever is in operative position, the end portion 7 thereof will be on dead center relative to the member 4: and so that the pressure on the latter will serve to yieldingly retain said lever in operative position. WVhen the free end portion of the member a is pressed into engagement with the pin point through rocking of the lever 5, said pin point will be frictionally engaged and thereby securely held in position.

The parts described are inclosed in a shell 8 which may be of any ornamental design, the same being preferably formed of two parts as shown. At one end of the shell 8 is provided an opening 9 for the admission of the hat pin point. The rearward end portions of the ears 2 are converged, as clearly shown in Fig. at, in order to adapt the same to serve as a means of guiding the inner end of the pin point centrally in the channel, said end portions of said cars 00- operating with the opening 9 in performing this function. The shell 8 is provided with an elongated slot 10 through which projects the outer end of the lever 5, the latter being bent upon itself as shown in Fig. 5, in order to adapt the same for passage through said slot. The outer end of the lever is provided with a button or finger engagement 11 for facilitating rocking thereof in attaching or detaching the device.

A device of the construction set forth when arranged upon a hat pin point will evidently serve to protect or guard the same and at the same time the device serves in this capacity it will also serve to prevent accidental disengagement of the pin from the hat. The device is simple in construction and is neat in appearance.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification Without departing from the spirit of the invention. I,

therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come Within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters bent back therefrom over said channel for i'rictionally engaging a pin point positioned in said channel, the bight of said tongue serving as a stop for the point of the pin inserted into said channel; a manually adjustable lever rockingly mounted between said ears for pressing said tongue into and retaining the same in engagement with the pin point positioned in said channel; and a shell supporting said plate centrally thereof and having an opening at one side alining name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN HENRY BURNS.

Witnesses:

T. W. BURNS, GEO. RIEFF.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C." 

